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Article: Halfway House Bed Shortage Conceded;D.C. Violates Court Order, Official Says
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- The Washington Post
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- March 14, 1987
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The District's acting corrections director conceded yesterday
that the city is "indisputably" in violation of a 1985 court order to
increase halfway house capacity, but said city officials had an
undisclosed plan about where to put additional halfway house beds.
On Thursday, U.S. District Judge William B. Bryant held Mayor
Marion Barry and Acting Corrections Director Hallem H. Williams Jr.
in contempt of court and fined them $50,000 for failing to comply
with certain provisions of the order, including increasing halfway
house capacity, speeding the processing of parole applications, and
requesting reductions in the minimum sentences of some inmates.
Responding to Bryant's action, Williams ...